There was some fire in the tertiary education side of Parliament for once, with Winston Peters and Grant Robertson attacking the Government, while some positive NCEA pass rates were released. Relevance:...
NZQA is proposing to take more control over the national consistency of non-university qualifications, and the external national moderation of unit standards. A levy on graduates would fund the national...
Steve Joyce released Single Data Return (SDR) data for tertiary education providers for Jan-Apr 2013 yesterday. The data only includes students, not EFTS, but it still shows major swings within...
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) has a big hit coming from the loss of their national pilot training subcontracting business, but they have effectively refocused on regional needs in...
The Joinery ITO (JITO) returned to surplus in 2012 after three years of deficits. Trainees dropped by about 40% (STMs were not reported), but completions and new registrations were up. Our Take JITO...
This roundup of research issues covers reports on: school leavers in non-degree qualifications; e-learning achievement; literacy and numeracy tests; AUSSE in PTEs; and migration data. The reports are from February-March...